NEWS IN BRIEF

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22164, 18 January 1934, Page 16

NEWS IN BRIEF

A melancholy announcement is contained in the latest issue of the New Zealand Gazette. It is to the effect that income tax for the current year is payable by February 8. The 10 per cent, penalty goes on if the tax is not paid on or before March 1 next. A peculiar fish, which has not yet been identified, was caught off Coromandel last Saturday by Mr H. Hayward in the launch Rose. The fish, which is three feet long, has characteristics pertaining to a barracouta, dogfish, swordfish, ana stingray. . ... For this month we are offering diamond Engagement Rings at special prices. Five stone Diamond Kings from to lus. Peter Dick, jewellers and opticians. 4JO Moray place, Dunedin... . ; “We haeve nothing but praise for the officials of New Zealand House— they ate most attentive to visitors from this Do minion,” remarked Matron Ross, of the Southland Hospital, who, returned to Hi; vercargill last week after a nine months trip abroad, to a Times reporter. ihiproducts of New Zealand, too, are veiy effectively advertised; and the window displays of honey, wool, dairy produce, and so on at the House were excellent, she added. . ... , It will interest many pastoralists whose sheep graze the poorest native pastures which are insufficiently responsive .to dressings of fertiliser that a Nelson tarmer, who owns a small. flock ot sheep, reports that he has just sold a dratt ot tat lambs from the ewes off gorse. Ihe dratt (which constituted approximately onethird of the total lamb flock) was of the Shropshire-Rpniney type. Another district farmer subsequently advised that lie had also recently sold 40 per cent., or nearly one-half, of a small lamb flock which was enclosed on gorse with the A New Year slogan—Coffee for breakfast! But order the best breakfast colte.e, the favourite M Bourbon brand, xiisti uc* tions for making in every tin... That farmers generally were now becoming better educated in regard to electric power was the opinion expressed,by the chairman of the Opunake Electric Power Board. Formerly, he said, they used to calf in the engineer whenever anything went "wrong, very frequently entailing trips of several miles omy to rind that the defect was due to something tirely outside his province. Now they generally were aule to first aseeitaia whether or not the' failure was due to some fault in their own plant. ■ " If a disengaged ■ taxi-driver refuses to carry a fare he is liable to punishment by the Magistrate’s .-Court as an offender against the by-laws of the city. This was emphasised, by Mr E._ D. Mosley, r SAL, in the Christchurch Magistrates Gqurt the other morning, when hefined a driver for the offence. The defendant had been approached on a race day by a. psisop who wanted to go to the Christchurch Hospital, and . had refused, .to .make the trip. - Ih imposing a fine, Mr Mosley rer marked that order must be maintained in the hiring of cars .unless there were particular reasons. ■ Grandism. (2161): For all occasions Granvin is the smartest, enjoyable, and most economical social drink. -Lniec Star Brandy, quart, 125... Some interesting and valuable coins, one of them *264-years old, are the property of Mr H. Just, ot lemuka. Iney include two pennies of -the reign ; of Geom-. 111, dated respectively 1773 and 1775, and some old. French' pieces. ■ The is one of bronze, stamped Norwich Earthing,” and bearing , the date W/0. Mr Just, who is a native of Normch, states that his father gave him the com. Expressions of satisfaction wore heave! at the last meeting of the committee of the Wairarapa and Ruahine; Aero. .Cml?, when it was announced that the J?aitn m Australia liad reported a record , day s •business at Martiuborough and Masterton on Tuesday last. That such keen interest •in (lying was ,manifest in the district was. !the source of considerable-satisfaction to members, several of whom expressed the hope that the interest would , continue creasing. For the fruit season. Grays have Jam pans, jars, jar’‘tops, and rings, Cerio, sugar, paraffiii wax. Wooden spoons. Get your supplies at the Big Store, Milton... South Canterbury, received another soaking on Saturday afternoon and niff lit, when continued heavy X’ain xeli. After an overcast afternoon, rain began to fall about 4 o’clock and continued with heavy showers until 11 o clock at-night, when- it cased off. During the night ope or two light showers fell, and at J o’clock on Sunday morning 1.8 inches bad been recorded in Timaru. The need for the insurance of crops against .damage by hail An was emphasised by Mr R. MGillivtaj, fields superintendent for the Department of Agriculture, in an interview, with a representative of the Christchurch Press on Saturday. hail was uko anv other business risk, he said, and should be guarded-against-by insurance. W e 'employ experts to set and sharpen your iawri mower.—Dickinson e, Limited, 248 Princes street, Dunedin.. . , The recent changeable weather, in addition to being ' unfavourable ; to city dwellers, has not been congenial for, tlie white butterflies. The pests _ have been obliged to take cover from the elements and have consequently been unable, to attack crops and gardens. Recently, some of the parasites which attack .tho butterflies were liberated at Bulls. However the authorities are concentrating on the, Hawke’s Bay district. f , - Coal exported through the port of Grey mouth during the four weeks ended January 6 totalled 9532 tons, made up from the various district mines as follows: State 2706, Blackball, 1847, Rapahoe 349. Paparoa 717, Castle_ Point 143, Wallscni--605, Dobson 855, 1 Bnandale 543, other mines 1707 tons. Timber exported through the port during the same period amounted to 2,403,695 superficial feet, Wully Crossan, o’ the “Waterloo-,” has the secret of, driving away all dull care.; Gie. him an early visit... An unhsual motoring accident occurred on' the Waimangw road last Thursday afternoon. A visiting motorist, with a party of ladies, was returning from a trip to the big geyser, and when thn car was between two high banks a -hare sprang out of the scrub on, the. hillstde and struck the windscreen with such force that it was shattered. The driver and hm wife had glass scattered over them, but they escaped injury.. The steering wheel and column bore evidence of the impact. The hare was found to have a broken back, and it was destroyed. It is surmised that the animal had been asleep beside the road, and, being startjed, sprang out at the approach of the car

Strange abodes are not uncommon in New Zealand, but it would take a great deal of searching to find one to equal that taken up for a time by two me» at Lyttelton. Searching for a shelter, they explored the old steamer Breeze, which lies' on the rocks just inside the heads.. Although the water rose and fell in the holds, the deck houses were still habitable, and Tor some weeks, the two men “bached” in these strange surroundings. Why they left is not known, but their quarters could not have been very comfortable, as, by one means or another, every stick of timber had been removed from the vessel.

1882-1934—Supplied the Drapery wants to Mosgiel ami surrounding district residents all these years and hoping to be of even greater service this year. For Quality, Value, and Service try A. F. Cheyne and Co.» the Mosgiel Drapery, Warehouse., At a small meeting recently of men who are not in the habit of attending punlic functions, much less speaking at them, the' chairman tripped himself up with words he believed.to be in keeping with the solemnity of the occasion (says the Auckland Star). “There are,’ he gravely announced, “many different ‘tractions at work in Parliament,” There was no laughter, and no doubt everybody present heartily agreed with him. Shortly afterwards somebody got up and started to talk about a subject that had iio bearing on the business before the meeting. ‘ I think,” said the . chairman, “ that the matter is totally ‘irreverent.’’ The third and best came at the end of the meeting, when he was summing up the position. ■ A rise in the price of a commodity had been proposed, and it was the chairman’s opinion that the new and higher price was not in the least “absorbent.” Oh yes. the year now on the wing, If signs are not mistaken, To every home new hope will bring And stacks of Hitchon’s Bacon...